Project Manager

The Role: As a Project Manager, you will ensure comfortable functioning in a dynamic and global environment adherent to Morningstar's development framework and operational best practices. You will work closely with the product owners and the different technology and business leads across Morningstar to pursue/implement cross-team technical projects. You will be very well versed with Scrum Agile methodologies and various Scrum ceremonies like Sprint planning, daily standups, and Sprint reviews. You will be a top performer who is prepared to think critically throughout the project management cycle, teach others the fundamentals of project management, and continuously seek improvements and efficiencies wherever possible during the data collection process. This position is based in our Mumbai office.

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, define, and manage technology projects from end-to-end, working closely with the development and business teams.
• Participate in estimations with tech and business teams and draft it using standard templates.
• Communicate and track the project progress to cross-functional teams, ensuring its overall success.
• Ensure progress of multiple projects against schedule, within budget and to high-quality standards.
• Define, manage, and improve the development process.
• Mentor/educate team members and peers in project management methods and best practices.
• Manage and drive change where needed to core operational processes, dynamically reacting to evolving client needs and competing priorities.
• Manage each major and minor platform release worldwide, then collect and share valuable lessons learned.
• Help global teams to juggle schedules and resources.
• Effectively communicate objectives and updates to all key stakeholders.

Required skills/Experience:

• Overall Project Management experience of around 10+ years out of which 3-5 years in leading projects in Java or .NET, JavaScript, and MS SQL/Oracle/MySQL with a minimum of five years in large-scale system project management.
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience of working in Scrum methodology as a Scrum Master.
• Working knowledge of Kanban methodology.
• Experience in cloud computing and Open source will be a plus.
• Should have experience of planning, executing, and monitoring a Sprint of a minimum of two weeks.
• Should be aware of agile planning techniques like poker planning.
• Hands-on in reporting the fortnightly, monthly project status to the stakeholders.
• Self-starter, comfortable with implementing and executing Agile development processes and accepting responsibility for seeing projects through to completion.
• Previous responsibility as a technical lead or development manager as a consultant is highly desirable.
• Very comfortable dealing with code, batch scripts, databases, and servers.
• Very strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, and management skills.
• Experience using issue tracking software is desirable.

About Us: DBRS Morningstar is a global credit ratings business, currently with 700 employees in eight offices globally. Formed through the July 2019 acquisition of DBRS by Morningstar, Inc., the ratings business is the fourth-largest provider of credit ratings in the world.

DBRS Morningstar is committed to empowering investor success, serving the market through leading-edge technology and raising the bar for the industry. DBRS Morningstar is a market leader in Canada, the U.S., and Europe in multiple asset classes.

DBRS Morningstar rates more than 2,600 issuers and 54,000 securities worldwide and is driven to bring more clarity, diversity of opinion, and responsiveness to the ratings process. DBRS Morningstar's approach and size provide the agility to respond to customers needs while being large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources.

Morningstar DBRS: Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and project and structured finance instruments globally. Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, it is one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world.

Morningstar DBRS empowers investor success by bringing more transparency and a much-needed diversity of opinion in the credit rating industry. Our approach and size allow us to be nimble enough to respond to customers needs in their local markets but large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources they require. Market innovators choose to work with us because of our agility, tech-forward approach, and exceptional customer service.

Morningstar DBRS is the next generation of credit ratings.

If you receive and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentially to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work, certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example, all U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. While some positions are available as fully remote, we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis, typically three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.